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Harlan Ellison
1,083 books2,824 followersHarlan Jay Ellison (1934-2018) was a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism.
His literary and television work has received many awards. He wrote for the original series of both The Outer Limits and Star Trek as well as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; edited the multiple-award-winning short story anthology series Dangerous Visions; and served as creative consultant/writer to the science fiction TV series The New Twilight Zone and Babylon 5.
Several of his short fiction pieces have been made into movies, such as the classic "The Boy and His Dog".
His literary and television work has received many awards. He wrote for the original series of both The Outer Limits and Star Trek as well as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; edited the multiple-award-winning short story anthology series Dangerous Visions; and served as creative consultant/writer to the science fiction TV series The New Twilight Zone and Babylon 5.
Several of his short fiction pieces have been made into movies, such as the classic "The Boy and His Dog".
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July 27, 2022
"There was only silence. The silence of a graveyard."
As far as Seligman is aware, he is not only the last human alive but also the only surviving remnant of all life on Earth. Much of humanity had long ago left for the stars and those who remained had managed to wipe everything out. Everything. Except for Seligman who is left glowing in the wake of the catastrophe.
"He was more than a messenger, now. He was a shining symbol of the end of all humanity on Earth, a symbol of the evil their kind had done."
Seligman makes it his mission to head out and reach humanity among the stars. In the process he learns that his body has been affected in more significant ways than to simply glow.
This is a rather bleak "what if" scenario which examines otherness and loneliness. This is the first writing that I've read by Ellison apart from his 'City on the Edge of Forever' which had a controversial history, much like the man himself. It's well written but I thought even for a short it didn't have very much to it.
As far as Seligman is aware, he is not only the last human alive but also the only surviving remnant of all life on Earth. Much of humanity had long ago left for the stars and those who remained had managed to wipe everything out. Everything. Except for Seligman who is left glowing in the wake of the catastrophe.
"He was more than a messenger, now. He was a shining symbol of the end of all humanity on Earth, a symbol of the evil their kind had done."
Seligman makes it his mission to head out and reach humanity among the stars. In the process he learns that his body has been affected in more significant ways than to simply glow.
This is a rather bleak "what if" scenario which examines otherness and loneliness. This is the first writing that I've read by Ellison apart from his 'City on the Edge of Forever' which had a controversial history, much like the man himself. It's well written but I thought even for a short it didn't have very much to it.
March 9, 2023
A reread on Audiobook.
If you haven't read Harlan Ellison, you haven't read.
If you haven't read Harlan Ellison, you haven't read.
June 26, 2023
What if you were the last human on Earth?
Another fun, albeit morbid short story by Harlan Ellison…
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Another fun, albeit morbid short story by Harlan Ellison…
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/...
May 17, 2022
He was the last man on Earth, all
right. But—was he still a man?
right. But—was he still a man?
January 7, 2024
Those who did not leave Earth for the stars remained behind and destroyed it in the Last War, leaving Seligman as the only survivor. He had been the subject of an experiment that transformed him from an ordinary man into a glowing, indestructible super soldier. But he and his kind had been created too late to save the world, and now he was alone. So what does an invulnerable being do when he wishes to die?
April 3, 2023
An indestructible, super soldier, wanders the post apocalyptic nuclear wasteland as the last man on earth, gradually going insane from isolation and trying to die.
He tries to make a ship to escape earth.
He tries to make a ship to escape earth.
February 24, 2025
Dark.
The last man on earth changed beyond humanity by fallout and experimentation builds a ship and seeks to become a messenger from a dead planet.
Very well narrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGko9...
The last man on earth changed beyond humanity by fallout and experimentation builds a ship and seeks to become a messenger from a dead planet.
Very well narrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGko9...
October 6, 2023
Ellison knows about loneliness
May 25, 2024
A pointless literary 💩.
June 12, 2024
Glow worm, by Harlan Ellison
Interesting first-person POV of the last human who has been experimented on and consequently mutated a health-enhancing self-replenishing body. Sad and poignant. ***
Interesting first-person POV of the last human who has been experimented on and consequently mutated a health-enhancing self-replenishing body. Sad and poignant. ***
December 31, 2024
pretty good stuff!
February 10, 2025
What's with Harlan and people being the last ones on Earth? Anyways, it was good
"He was a messenger from the grave" ✍️🔥
"He was a messenger from the grave" ✍️🔥
January 2, 2026
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